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单词 humpty-dumpty
释义

humpty-dumpty

noun

hump·​ty-dump·​ty
¦həm(p)tē¦dəm(p)tē,
-ti...ti
plural -es
often capitalized H&D
: something that once damaged can never be repaired or made operative again
the exchange crisis … that brought the Humpty-Dumpty of currency stabilization tumbling Atlantic
people fled into their suddenly Humpty-Dumpty world Robert O'Brien

Word History

Etymology

after Humpty-Dumpty, egg-shaped nursery-rhyme character who fell from a wall and broke into bits

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